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Publisher's Summary

Deep in the jungles of Peru, the hunt for a legendary Incan idol is underway - an idol that in the present day could be used as the basis for a terrifying new weapon. Guiding a US Army is Professor William Race, a young linguist who must translate an ancient manuscript which contains the location of the idol. What they find is an ominous stone temple, sealed tight. They open it - and soon discover that some doors are meant to remain unopened.

Loved Temple is a thrill after thrill set in Peru, we are introduced to William Rice as the main character. It's a fast paced action filled listen of good and evil forces and an idol. You can't beat Reilly for a great action story. Sean Mangan again is such a fantastic narrator he makes listening such a pleasure.

Really enjoyed this book. It mixed the Da Vinci Code with Map of Bones. Don't want to spoil it for anyone but I couldn't stop listening to it. I ended up sitting in the car at work till the last minute just so I could listen for as long as possible. Lots of twists and turns which kept you interested but not so indepth that if you missed a couple of minutes you lost the plot.

6 of 6 people found this review helpful

Paul

Inverkeithing, United Kingdom

12/24/12

Overall

"This book hurt"

This book hurt. "At that exact same moment" I lost count of the number of times I would have thrown a physical book away. It is a mess. The bad guys are worse than cardboard. Their motivations are either non-existent or just plain ludicrous. The central premise of the Thyrium and the Super Nova were handled so badly, it was clear Reilly doesn't know much about nuclear physics. Although from the action scenes he is well versed in Hollywood Physics.

There were some interesting scenes. The falling tank would have been a great scene if I hadn't already grown to despise the book and just wanted to get to the end so that it would just be over.

One bonus is that I can be much more confident in my own writing, knowing that something like this can actually get published.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

carl

Worcester, United Kingdom

3/18/12

Overall

"a sub standard dan brown"

I thought this would be ideal for a night in work, trashy thriller typewith little need to concentrate too much but sadly it didnt hit those heights, it is basically an action comic book, poor plodding plot with a hero so lucky he needs to forget his current job and take up buying lottery tickets for a living, left unfinished as the fairly obvious "twists" and incessantly similar prose left me disinterested in the characters and the story. Essentially a substandard dan brown novel (if such a thing were possible)

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Ian

Dartford, United Kingdom

1/22/10

Overall

"Action comic"

This book has an excellent story, but the writing is undistinguished. It reads like a novelised action comic, with masses of action in which the hero survives against impossible odds while others around him are losing their lives in many gory ways.

Some aspects of the story raised questions in my mind which were ignored by the writer, such as the density and therefore great weight of the idol, and the entering of a date as a code in the nick of time to disarm a weapon: it could be done in the American way (mm:dd:yyyy) or the European way (dd:mm:yyyy) or the logical way (yyyy:mm:dd) but there was no time to get it wrong.

The author has been far more interested in constructing his plot and the action than in displaying skill in writing. For example, every statement is echoed by the hearer as a question, and certain phrases are grossly over-used (such as “in that instant …”, “eyes went wide”, “and then it happened.”). After about ten hours of the story this writing style became extremely irritating and I was tempted to give up, but I did want to hear the ending. I’m glad I stuck it out because the ending was good, but I will give Matthew Reilly a miss in future.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Steven

Old Harlow, Essex, United Kingdom

2/14/09

Overall

"only for the ignorant"

Very disappointing book. Plot points include, petrified elements (?????), Inca warriors who can ride horses and fire pistols. Musket fire that is the same as machine gun fire. This was a formulaic piece of rubbish only for the very ignorant

6 of 9 people found this review helpful

morristhemog

7/26/15

Overall

Performance

Story

"Great fun!"

Thumping pace, action, adventure, ferocious mythical cats AND Nazis? Suspend disbelief for a while and enjoy the chaos.

0 of 0 people found this review helpful

nicholas

1/18/15

Overall

Performance

Story

"great book nice pace very good reader"

as above the reader really brings the story to life and keeps with the pace. well worth a listen.

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